Nevada's Republican governor who endorsed Donald Trump for president found himself pleading with his own party to leave Medicaid alone, after House Republicans advanced their budget late Tuesday, which ostensibly calls for cuts to the government health care program for low-income Americans.

U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen of Nevada has voiced strong opposition to a Republican-backed budget resolution, which she claims will severely impact programs like Me

We absolutely believe Governor Lombardo should use his close, personal relationship with Trump to lobby against cuts to federal funding for Medicaid, SNAP, and clean energy infrastructure,” a spokesman for Nevada Senate Majority Leader Nicole Canizzarro wrote in an email,

"Nevada has demonstrated that federal investment in the state's Medicaid program has improved both health outcomes and productivity, yet challenges remain," Lombardo wrote. He noted that as one of the fastest-growing states in the country,

Republicans have made it known that they’re considering plans to cut billions of dollars from the Medicaid program.

Ahead of the scheduled vote today, critics of the budget have warned that should the budget get approved, it would result in the "gutting" of Medicaid.

Republicans in the U.S. House are advancing a budget resolution that calls for $4.5 trillion in tax cuts, aiming to trim $2 trillion from “mandatory spending,” some of which is expected to come from Medicaid.